to close / to finish, do something completely / to put away, to put an end to / is, or was (with conjugation), done completely / happens, or happened, unexpectedly / is done with difficulty

used in response to a failure or mistake: dang, shoot, darn it

sister city

直ぐに: immediately

直ぐ: immediately, right away, soon / 直ぐ: quick to / 直ぐ: right next to, right close by

straight, not bent

(obsolete) 過ぐ: classical form of modern 過ぎる (sugiru, “to go through, to go past; to exceed”)

(obsolete) 挿ぐ: classical form of modern 挿げる (sugeru, “to connect or affix one thing to another, especially by passing something through something else”)

a ditch / a groove / a gulf; a gap / disagreement between people / 10^38, hundred undecillion (American), hundred sextillion (British)

gutter / ditch / groove / furrow